庭院里跑不开千里马，花盆里育不出千年松庭院里跑不開千里馬，花盆里育不出千年松庭院里跑不開千里馬，花盆里育不出千年松

a courtyard has no room for a thousand-mile horse to run, and a flowerpot cannot raise a thousand-year pine

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: In a mediocre, cramped environment, outstanding talent cannot develop.

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Simplified: 庭院里跑不开千里马，花盆里育不出千年松
Traditional (Taiwan): 庭院里跑不開千里馬，花盆里育不出千年松
Pinyin: tíngyuàn li pǎo bù kāi qiānlǐmǎ, huāpén li yù bù chū qiānniánsōng
Pinyin (Taiwan): tíngyuàn lǐ pǎo bù kāi qiānlǐmǎ, huāpén lǐ yù bù chū qiānniánsōng
Bopomofo: ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄩㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄆㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄞㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ，ㄏㄨㄚㄆㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄨㄑㄧㄢㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄙㄨㄥ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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